Recent research into motorcycle culture — September 2026
September 2026 roundup of new motorcycle culture research: women riders in Türkiye, adventure ethnography, the IJMS conference and Sturgis.
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Events
Motorcycle events, rides, shows and gatherings.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — July 2026
July 2026 roundup: the 13th IJMS conference, a history of Leathertogs motorcycle leathers, Malle Mile’s rider demographics and the Faro rally.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — June 2026
Monthly links to motorcycle culture research and events for June 2026: Wheels and Waves, the DGR’s 15th year, and a Greek collector’s museum.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — June 2026
Monthly links to motorcycle culture research and events for June 2026: Wheels and Waves, the DGR’s 15th year, and a Greek collector’s museum.
Events, Research
Recent research into motorcycle culture — June 2026
Three recent items in motorcycle culture: a Tokyo bōsōzoku exhibition, the 2026 Bike Shed Moto Show, and the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — March 2026
Three for March 2026: Daytona Bike Week’s record-breaking 33rd edition, The Vintagent on Wendy Pojmann’s USA/Italy motorcycle book, and IJMS’s 2026 call for papers.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — November 2025
Two for November 2025: EICMA broke attendance records in Milan, and D’Orazio & Mambelli’s ethnography of Thailand’s “Vanz Boys” landed.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — October 2025
Quiet October: only Daytona Biketoberfest worth flagging this month, with academic publishing in pre-EICMA holding pattern.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — September 2025
A thinner September: European Bike Week at Faaker See and the Myrtle Beach Fall Bike Rally on the Atlantic seaboard. Light on academic publishing.
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Recent research into motorcycle culture — August 2025
Three for August 2025: the 85th Sturgis Rally, the Isle of Man Classic TT, and Helen Owton’s autoethnography on motorcycle maintenance.